UK house builders, ranked by what they are actually building
Most "top house builders" lists rank by revenue or homes completed years ago. This one counts live developments: every builder below is ranked by how many schemes they currently have on Homello, refreshed whenever our listings update.
- Builders tracked
- 312
- Developments
- 3,086
- Areas covered
- 162
- Built by the top 10
- 59%
The biggest UK house builders
Ranked by developments currently listed. "Homes" counts the total scheme size where the builder publishes it, so it covers 570 of these developments rather than all of them, so treat it as a floor, not a total.
| # | Builder | Developments | Areas | Homes | Most active in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor Wimpey | 252 | 66 | 29,096 | Suffolk, Warwickshire, North Yorkshire |
| 2 | McCarthy Stone | 248 | 55 | n/a | Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent |
| 3 | Bellway Homes | 241 | 62 | 15,265 | Essex, Kent, Tyne and Wear |
| 4 | Persimmon Homes | 229 | 70 | 3,858 | Tyne and Wear, West Yorkshire, Devon |
| 5 | Berkeley Homes | 200 | 19 | 8,723 | London, Berkshire, Surrey |
| 6 | Redrow Homes | 199 | 41 | 8,382 | Kent, Cheshire, West Yorkshire |
| 7 | Barratt Homes | 150 | 61 | 6,963 | London, Cambridgeshire, West Yorkshire |
| 8 | David Wilson Homes | 140 | 59 | 1,941 | Kent, Nottinghamshire, West Sussex |
| 9 | Bovis Homes | 89 | 36 | 2,685 | Devon, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire |
| 10 | Cala Homes | 83 | 32 | 1,314 | Oxfordshire, Aberdeenshire, Surrey |
| 11 | Charles Church | 80 | 41 | 1,280 | Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland |
| 12 | Linden Homes | 75 | 36 | 4,958 | Cambridgeshire, Devon, Bristol |
| 13 | Gleeson Homes | 73 | 18 | 3,803 | Lincolnshire, County Durham, Cumbria |
| 14 | Miller Homes | 71 | 39 | n/a | County Durham, North Yorkshire, Hampshire |
| 15 | Countryside Homes | 66 | 29 | 5,350 | Essex, London, Kent |
| 16 | Churchill Living | 64 | 27 | n/a | Hampshire, Kent, Surrey |
| 17 | Avant Homes | 63 | 31 | 2,378 | West Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire |
| 18 | Simple Life | 61 | 28 | 748 | Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire |
| 19 | Ashberry Homes | 48 | 31 | 2,054 | Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Tyne and Wear |
| 20 | Lovell Homes | 47 | 29 | 1,913 | Norfolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Staffordshire |
| 21 | Grainger | 29 | 15 | 4,493 | London, Hampshire, Bristol |
| 22 | St. Modwen Homes | 21 | 15 | n/a | Staffordshire, North Yorkshire, County Durham |
| 23 | Placefirst | 14 | 8 | 69 | Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside |
| 24 | Legal & General / urbanbubble | 13 | 10 | 1,360 | West Midlands, West Yorkshire, East Sussex |
| 25 | ila | 12 | 8 | 237 | Greater London, Cardiff, Liverpool |
| 26 | Anwyl Homes | 11 | 7 | n/a | Merseyside, Cheshire East, Flintshire |
| 27 | Elan Homes | 11 | 7 | n/a | Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, Lancashire |
| 28 | VervLife | 11 | 7 | 237 | Greater London, Leicestershire, Essex |
| 29 | Jones Homes | 10 | 7 | 438 | South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, West Yorkshire |
| 30 | UNCLE | 10 | 3 | 1,000 | London, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester |
Showing the 30 largest of 312 builders we track. Browse every builder.
Widest geographic reach
Builders active in the most areas
- Persimmon Homes 70 areas
- Taylor Wimpey 66 areas
- Bellway Homes 62 areas
- Barratt Homes 61 areas
- David Wilson Homes 59 areas
- McCarthy Stone 55 areas
- Redrow Homes 41 areas
- Charles Church 41 areas
Build to rent
Homes kept and let, not sold
- Simple Life 61 schemes
- Grainger 29 schemes
- Placefirst 14 schemes
- Legal & General / urbanbubble 13 schemes
- ila 12 schemes
- VervLife 11 schemes
- UNCLE 10 schemes
- Way Of Life 9 schemes
Shared ownership
Part-buy, part-rent schemes
- David Wilson Homes 83 schemes
- Barratt Homes 65 schemes
- Bellway Homes 29 schemes
- Bovis Homes 28 schemes
- Avant Homes 23 schemes
- Linden Homes 22 schemes
- Countryside Homes 18 schemes
- Lovell Homes 14 schemes
How to compare builders
Size tells you how likely you are to find one of their sites near you, not how good the homes are. A builder with 200 developments has a house type for most budgets; a smaller regional name may only build in one county but know it far better.
The things worth checking are specific to the plot, not the brand: what the scheme's management charges are, whether the roads and open spaces will be adopted by the council or left with a private management company, how many homes are still unsold on a large site, and what the warranty actually covers. Two homes from the same builder on different sites can be very different purchases.
Every builder below links to their full portfolio on Homello, where you can see each live scheme with photos, location, prices where published, and the amenities on site.
Common questions
Who are the biggest house builders in the UK?
By developments currently tracked on Homello, the largest are Taylor Wimpey, McCarthy Stone, Bellway Homes, Persimmon Homes, Berkeley Homes. Between them the ten largest account for 59% of the 3,086 developments we track.
How many house builders are there in the UK?
Homello tracks 312 housebuilders and build-to-rent operators with at least one live development, across 162 areas. The national total is larger, because many small builders work on one or two sites at a time and are not listed here.
What is the difference between a house builder and a developer?
In everyday use the terms overlap. "House builder" usually means a company that builds homes at volume for sale, such as Barratt or Bellway. "Developer" is broader and includes companies that assemble sites and deliver schemes they may not build themselves, including build-to-rent operators who keep and let the homes rather than selling them.
Which builders offer shared ownership homes?
David Wilson Homes, Barratt Homes, Bellway Homes, Bovis Homes, Avant Homes have the most shared-ownership schemes in our index, out of 336 such developments tracked.
Which companies build homes to rent rather than sell?
Build-to-rent operators keep their homes and let them directly. The most active in our index are Simple Life, Grainger, Placefirst, Legal & General / urbanbubble, ila, across 337 tracked developments.
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Figures are compiled from developments listed on Homello and change as listings are added or sold. They cover the new-build market we track, not every home built in the UK.